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by Bernie Bell - 08:17 on 01 July 2024

Bartholomew’s Orkney Adventure….

Bartholomew from Ohio is now in Orkney, and has posted the following on his blog…..

Grain Earth House

I had to break my pen to unlock a hole in the ground older than Lazarus. Crouched, fingers grazing wet stone as I made my way to panic. Quick withdrawal — back to where I could stand upright and breathe. I've come this far (and it has been a very long journey) to turn back would be a regret deeper than poetry. Try again and, as with most things, the center was closer than I feared and it was quiet and dark and soothing.

I've been in Orkney
crawled through claustrophobia
as if from a womb

https://bartbarkerpoet.com/2024/06/30/grain-earth-house/

I’ve been thinking about this, and what he’s written – his haibun - very much catches the tendency in the Iron Age to go into the earth. In Britain, the folk of the Neolithic tended to look to the sky and the stars – folk of the Iron Age went into the earth. He captures that. He also captures that feeling of enclosure and restriction which might have been used to alter consciousness in ‘rites of passage’ ceremonies.

He’s travelled a long way, to open the doors to an intriguing mystery….

Pic by Bartholomew

https://theorkneynews.scot/2021/09/07/the-gnarly-old-question-of-souterrains/

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Exceptional Glass Found At The Cairns!....

https://archaeologyorkney.com/2024/06/28/cairns-day-fifteen/

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=437782149217460&set=pcb.832533651744607

A reminder of some of the beads and ‘bling’ found previously…

http://www.spanglefish.com/berniesblog/blog.asp?blogid=15972

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Earth logs….

Steve hasn’t posted a blog for a while - he did explain why…

“Apology

PUBLISHED ON June 19, 2024

Dear Followers

You will have noticed a 5-week break in my posting news items, for which I need to apologise and to explain.

Despite weekly searching all the leading journals that publish geoscientific papers, none have appeared that meet my criteria for commenting. That is, nothing has emerged that makes a significant breakthrough in any of the the Categories that Earth-logs covers. In fact, since Covid I have noticed a drop in the number of publications that do. Maybe there was a downturn in research during the pandemic, or perhaps some other reason such as a decline in the discipline, of journal policy changes.

There’s not much I can do other than wait patiently, and post when something turns up – you will be among the first to know about it, as ever!

In the meantime, maybe one or more of you have come across something interesting that I missed, or have a question about topics covered earlier. Either way, don’t hesitate to get in touch with me, either with a comment or using the Contact Author link in the Menu bar.

With regards

Steve Drury"

I’m pleased to see that he’s found something to share with us – tho’ not pleased to read of another example of what is happening to this planet….….

https://earthlogs.org/2024/06/28/earthquakes-and-flooding-in-the-ganges-basin/

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From C.A.A.T…..

“Did you miss the CAAT@50 lecture last week?

Dr Sam Perlo-Freeman, CAAT's research coordinator, was invited to present a special lecture at the LSE Library entitled Campaign Against Arms Trade at 50: Adapting resistance to a changing world.

If you weren't able to be part of the lively audience, you can now watch the recording on YouTube by clicking this button

WATCH HERE

The lecture is part of a series of events at the LSE Library this year - our 50th anniversary of resisting the arms trade - and we are grateful for the opportunity offered by them to share our story. We are also part of the LSE Library's exhibition A Say in the End of the World: Solidarity and Nuclear Defence in the Cold War; do visit this before it ends on 15th September.

The LSE Library is now home to our extensive archive of written documents, images and campaigning artefacts; this important collection will be available for all to browse when cataloguing is complete. The launch should be around our birthday in mid-November.

The lecture was chaired by Dr Luc-Andre Brunet, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary International History at the Open University and Co-Director of the Peace and Security Project at LSE IDEAS.

View the lecture on the LSE's YouTube channel.

With best wishes from all at CAAT,

Charles

Charles Wright
Supporter Development Manager"

Comment from Bernie Bell at 11:18 on 01 July 2024.

Bart. explained the reference to his pen..."BTW, my opening line about breaking my pen was not poetic license. The key to open the gate was one of those hefty iron keys, probably over a 100 years old) and the lock had been standing outside in the Orcadian wind & rain for who knows how long so I was simply unable to unlock and enter. My hands just didn’t have the strength to turn the key through the tumblers. Fortunately, there was a hole in the key’s handle so I inserted my pen to create a lever and thus gained access but the pen sustained substantial damage. Well worth it."

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